Nukes

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States could resume working-level talks aimed at dismantling the North’s nuclear and missile programs within two to three weeks, South Korean lawmakers briefed by a spy agency said on Tuesday. The lawmakers said …

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - France, Britain and Germany said on Monday it is clear Iran was responsible for an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14 and called on Tehran to agree to negotiations on its nuclear and missile programs as well as regional secu…

NEW YORK -- Britain has concluded that Iran was responsible for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday. He said the U.K. would consider taking part in a U.S.-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom's d…

Irans president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the regions waterways as nationwide parades showcased the Islamic Republics military a…

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the region's waterways as nationwide parades showcased the Islamic Re…

The world's nuclear arsenal has dwindled since the 1950s, but fears of nuclear war still abound. Last month, the US pulled out of a nuclear treaty with Russia that prohibited the two nations from possessing, producing, or testing thousands of land-based mi…

Key point: The Soviet Union was more worried about international appearances than the lives of its citizens. If you're a sailor on a Russian submarine that sinks in the middle of the ocean, don't expect much sympathy from the Kremlin. Judging by the reactio…

Stanislav Petrov, a former Soviet military officer, poses at his home in 2015 near Moscow. In 1983, he was on duty when the Soviet Union's early warning satellite indicated the U.S. had fired nuclear weapons at his country. He suspected, correctly, it was a f…

Media captionWatch as key Saudi oil facility is engulfed in flames Iran is ready to destroy any country that launches an attack on its territory, a senior military official says. The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned the US and its allies to "b…

(Adds Iran denies "successful" cyber-attack on oil sites) DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Iran will pursue any aggressor, even it carries out a limited attack, and seek to destroy it, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, after attacks on S…